DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,124

A.D.H. MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
ETOWAH, TENNESSEE

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on September 25, 2000, and filed on behalf of workers at
A.D.H. Manufacturing Corporation, Etowah, Tennessee. The workers
produced sleepwear.
The investigation revealed that production and employment
declined during the relevant period.
The declines in employment and production at the subject plant
are related to a shift in plant production to Canada and the
Dominican Republic. The subject plant is now importing the
sleepwear back to the United States to serve the domestic
customer(s).
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with sleepwear produced by A.D.H.
Manufacturing Corporation, Etowah, Tennessee contributed
importantly to the decline in production and to the total or
partial separation of workers of that firm. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of A.D.H. Manufacturing Corporation, Etowah,
Tennessee, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 8, 1999, through two years
from the date of certification are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 3rd day of November, 2000.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance